my ex-wife and i started our divorce in los angeles county in october
of 2002, and the final papers were signed in december of 2002. the
county of los angeles still does not have it filed. my ex-wife and i
were trying to figure out when it would be filed. our lawyers have
been saying that it would be any day now for over a month. could you
give me a better answer?

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Request for Question Clarification by expertlaw-ga on 08 Apr 2003 07:14 PDT

Dear monty1234,

It is really impossible to answer this question, except with a series
of hypothetical possibilities. The first issue, which partially
inspired my earlier comment, is whether or not the judgment has even
been provided by an attorney to the court for entry. When you write,
"one attorney said about a month and a half ago, that it would be file
any day", this raises a question in my mind as to whether the attorney
followed through by filing the document with the court - was he
referring to the entry of the judgment by the court, or that his own
office would file the judgment for entry "any day" but had not yet
done so?

If you would like to know the various points where the judgment may
have become lost or delayed in the system, I am sure a researcher can
provide you with a relatively comprehensive list.

Dear monty1234,

There are a number of reasons why your judgment might not yet have
been entered and recorded. I am surprised, though, that your attorney
has been unable to provide you with a definitive reason. Do I infer
correctly from your question that the papers were signed by you and
your ex, and that you know that they were subsequently submitted to
the court for processing, but that despite the passage of several
months nothing has happened?

yes...i was served the papers in september of 2002, the papers were
first signed in october, then, the final papers in december. both
attorneys said that there is no longer a waiting period for filing in
california, and...one attorney said about a month and a half ago, that
it would be file any day.